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TV news presenter Demetria Kalodimos is a 16-time Emmy Award-winning journalist. She was the former longtime anchor at WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate in Nashville. She appeared on weeknight broadcasts at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. She is in the media industry for more tha three decades.
Kalodimos was born in 1960 in Morton Grove, Illinois, U.S.A. She is 60 years old and holds an American nationality. For her education, she went to Illinois Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in music.
Income, Salary, Net Worth
Although Demetria is no longer in the media industry, she is still one of the well-known faces in the Nashville community. She started her career at WICD in Champaign, Illinois. Then, in 1984 she joined the WSMV in Nashville.
She started Genuine Human Productions in 2000, which was a documentary film company focusing on people. Pre-Madonna was her first feature-length documentary, which was a movie about 1970’s Nashville.
With over thirty years of a professional career, she has won several awards. As mentioned earlier, she has won sixteen Emmy Awards. Moreover, she has earned two National Headliner Awards, the Investigative Reports (1995), and Editors Awards for TV investigative journalism (2007). Likewise, she was the Favorite Local News Anchor, Out and About Newspaper in 2005.
As of her income, she had a yearly salary that ranged between $350,000-$474,965. And her net worth swings around $5 million.
Married, Husband, Children
Demetria is married to her husband, Verlon Thompson. He is a renowned guitarist, singer, and songwriter. They dated for almost eight years before tying the knot on 11 October 2008.
Their ceremony was held at Thompson’s cabin in Fernvale, Tennesse. Though they are married for 12 years, they don’t have any children.
Demetria fell in love on the first site when she saw Thompson. She was blown away by his musical talent and country accent.
Previously, she was to her ex-husband, James Mauries. They were together for 13 years since they married in 1984. Mauris sued Demetria for divorce, saying that she had physically abused him and threatened to kill him if he left her. After their divorce was finalized in 1997, she got a restraining order to harras, abuse, or threaten Mauries.
Family, Parents, Siblings
Kalodimos was born to parents Mike Kalodimos and Betty Kalodimos. Besides this, information about her family and siblings is yet to be known.
She earned her master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Body Measurements: Height and Weight
Kalodimos, at the age of 60, has maintained a slim and fit body. She has a height of 5 feet 4 inches and weighs around 54 kg. She has brown eyes and brown hair.
